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The sun came out in full today, and although chilly this morning it warmed up dramatically into the 60’s this afternoon. The arboretum, which had been a quiet, subdued place erupted into a hive of activity with people everywhere. I went back early to finish the last of the insect hotels in my daughter’s forest classroom and then back a little later to help the kids put the bamboo and twigs into the cans. It’s great to hear the kids telling their parents about, and showing them the insect hotels which they helped create, at pickup time.
The ferns along the creek leading to one of the ponds in the arboretum are wonderfully back-lit in the mornings by the sun. I’ve been watching them grow from fiddleheads to tall ferns over the last few weeks and every time I pass by them I take a photo. The green is just so very green, especially when lit up by the sun. It’s one of the most picturesque places in the park right now because the Skunk Cabbage is growing right across the stream from them.
